Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846; Kennedy in 1946;

Lincoln was elected President in 1860; Kennedy in 1960;

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters;

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights;

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House;

Both Presidents were shouted on a Friday;

Both were shot in the head;

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy; Kennedy's secretary was name Lincoln;

Both were assassinated by Southerners;

Both were succeeded by Southerners;

Both successors were named Johnson;

Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson, was born in1808; Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, was born in 1908;

Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was born in 1839; Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1939;

Both assassins were known by their three names;

Both names are comprised of fifteen letters;

Booth run from a theatre and was captured in a warehouse; Oswald run from a warehouse and was captured in a theatre;

Both assassins were assassinated before their trials;

And now, the kicker:

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was at Monroe, Maryland;

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was at Marilyn Monroe.